AGR - Agriculture

HSG Housing

CPC - Consumer Protection & Commerce

HUS - Human Services

EDB - Economic Development &

INT - International Affairs

Business Concerns

JUD - Judiciary

EDN - Education

LAB - Labor & Public Employment

EEP - Energy & Environmental Protection

LMG - Legislative Management

FIN - Finance

PSM - Public Safety & Military Affairs

HAW Hawaiian Affairs

TAC - Tourism & Culture

HED - Higher Education

TRN - Transportation

HLT - Health

WLO - Water, Land & Ocean Resources

HOUSE BILLS

Committee

H.B. NO.

2234

RELATING TO MOTOR SCOOTERS.

Prohibits dealers from selling new motor scooters with noise emissions exceeding a specified number of decibels. Adds motor scooters to noisy muffler law currently applicable to motorcycles and mopeds.

TRN, JUD

2556

RELATING TO SMOKING.

Prohibits smoking on public beaches and parks and certain recreational areas. Prohibits disposal of smoking waste in any place where smoking is prohibited, except in designated waste disposal container. Subjects violators to $250 fine.

HLT, JUD, FIN

2641

RELATING TO PUBLIC WORK PROJECTS.

Requires a construction project owner who undertakes a construction project to be used by the State or a county to sign a lease agreement that certifies compliance with the State's public works prevailing wage law. Requires that copies of the lease agreement be filed with the departments of labor and industrial relations and accounting and general services.

LAB, FIN

2736

RELATING TO HIGHWAY SIGNS.

Requires the department of transportation to erect signs on Hana highway identifying each bridge by its Hawaiian name and explaining the name of the bridge in English. Appropriates funds.

TRN, FIN

2822

RELATING TO LAND USE.

Establishes culturally valuable districts and advisory councils to review land use and zoning petitions for lands within the districts; set forth duties of the community advisory councils.

WLO/HAW, JUD, FIN

2983

RELATING TO CONVEYANCE TAX ALLOCATION.

Adjusts allocation of conveyance tax.

WLO/EEP/HSG, FIN

3032

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Creates 3-year pilot program to train designated key employees in the DOH and county health departments working in health-related programs. Appropriations. Repealed 6/30/2009.

HLT/LAB, HED, FIN

3046

RELATING TO BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY.

Creates temporary commission on biological diversity to assist in creating a regulatory framework to implement policies and make relevant recommendations to the legislature regarding access to genetic resources and biological diversity in Hawaii. Report to legislature. Appropriations. Repealed 6/30/2008.

WLO, EDB/AGR, FIN

3115

RELATING TO THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY.

(1) Establishes petroleum industry monitoring, analysis, and reporting special fund; (2) petroleum industry information reporting system; and (3) unfair practices by petroleum industry.

EEP/CPC/JUD, FIN

3124

RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX.

Provides a general excise tax exemption for amounts received for the purchase of any supplemental food recommended by the "WIC" food program.

HLT, FIN

3132

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT TO THE COUNTIES FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PARKING PLACARDS TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

Appropriates funds to the counties as reimbursement for expenses incurred for administering the parking placard program for persons with disabilities.

HLT/TRN, JUD, FIN

3144

RELATING TO THE STATE PHARMACY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

Extends income eligibility requirement to two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level. Requires the department to provide enrollees with counseling about prescription drug plans. Repeals prescription drug rebate funding limitations.

HUS/HLT, CPC, FIN

3218

RELATING TO GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS.

Requires persons proposing to engage in testing, propagating, cultivating, and growing GMOs to notify DOH and obtain a certification from DOH.

EEP, EDB/AGR, CPC